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Global Deals Review: Q4 2009

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Hot sectors in a tepid recovery

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IMF chief economist Simon Johnson resigns

Mon May 5, 2008 4:30pm EDT

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's chief economist, Simon Johnson, resigned on Monday after just over a year in the job to return to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from where he is on leave.

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"In order to devote more time to research and teaching, I have decided to leave the IMF," Johnson said in a statement. He is set to leave the IMF on Sept. 1. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; editing by Leslie Adler)

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